Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan has called on relevant ministries and agencies to make concerted efforts to minimise violence against women and girls, which is relatively common in Vietnamese society.
More than 60 experts from law enforcement agencies, international organisations and non-governmentalorganisations gathered at a seminar on in Hanoi to seek ways to address sexual and gender violence.
Experts gathered at a policy forum in Hanoi on November 25 to share information on sexual violence against women and girls and seek solutions to this problem.
The UN Women, the Belgian Embassy and the Belgian Development Agency in Vietnam jointly launched a comic and cartoon painting competition on gender equality in Hanoi on November 24.
Myanmar parliamentarian Naing Ngan Linn, a candidate from the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) party, was attacked with machetes on October 29, according to local media.
The Cambodian National Assembly on October 30 removed Vice President of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) Kem Sokha from his position as the first vice president of the parliament.
The Prime Minister has approved a national action programme on gender equality in the 2016-2020 period, which focuses on spreading various forms of awareness-raising campaigns across the board.
Vietnam and Thailand plan to step up collaboration efforts in the supervision and management of fishing activities in the sea area between the two countries.
Students and teachers from 57 junior secondary schools attended a music gala to promote the ‘Love Project Journey' on gender equality at East Sea Park on August 23.
More than 30 members of the Vietnam Volunteer Centre (VVC) are participating in a training course on how to mobilise young men to prevent violence against women and girls through social media.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) has
announced the creation of a national action month on gender violence
prevention and control, which will last from November 15 to December 16
each year.
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